Floor fastening for desks, seats, and chairs



July 3, 1923.

' L. H. M KEE FLOOR FASTENING FOR DESKS, SEATS, AND CHAIRS Origin al Filed July 19 1917 u 1 a ":Illlllll iiIIIE' (NVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented July 3, 1923.

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Louis-H. MOKEE, or 'IRENTON, NEW Jmtsnr.

FLOOR FASTENING non DESKS, sEA'rs, AND CHAIRS.

Application filed July is, 1917, Serial No. 181,480. Renewed May 6,1918. Serial No."232,934.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS H. MGKEE, a citizen ,of the United States, residing at Trentomin the county of Mercer, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Floor Fastening for Desks, Seats, "and Chairs, of which the following 1s a specification.'

My invention relates to an improvement in a desk, chair, or seat, and'consists of novel floor plates or shoes adapted to engage the legs of a desk, chair, or seat, they belng provided with means for securing the legs and consequently'the desk, etc., to the floor of a room, whereby the desk, etc., is held firmly and reliably in position on the floor, it is better balanced thereon, sweeping of the floor around the shoes may be readily accomplished, and said shoes may conformto inequalities of the floor, and exlsting dustcrevices in the latter under the be well closed. i

The invention is satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit or scope of theclaims.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a floor fastening for a desk embodying my 1nvention, including the desk in position thereon. I

Figure 2 represents a top or plan view of the fastening.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view of the fastening including portions of the desk, legs, or-side standards connected therewith.

Figure 4 represents a transverse section on the line 4-4 Figure 3, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 5 represents a transverse section of a portion taken through the cheek pieces of the plate, on an enlarged scale.

Figure 6 represents a perspective view of the lower end of one of the legs or side standards of the desk, including tongues which are downward extensions thereof.

Figure 7 represents a bottom plan view of a portion of one of the shoes, and the tongues connected therewith.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates a school desk of the well shoes, may

known construction. 2 designates a shoe for connecting the desk with the floor. of

the apartment on which the desk, is located,

said shoe being formed of a: stamped or pressed plate of metal, in the opposite ends of whichar'e the cheek pieces 3 whichare integral with theplate and produced by properly cutting or slitting the material of the plates, and turning up" the portions so standards 5 of the desk, said ends resting on the walls 7' of the floor plate or shoeg'between saidcheek pieces 3, said cheek pieces forming mortises into'which portionsof said ends are introduced, while the remaining portions of said ends may rest flat on the adjacent surfaces or walls 7 of the shoes and so are sustained firmly thereon.

Depending from the sides of the feet of said legs or standards are the tongues 6 which are of somewhat curved form so as to conform to the inner faces of the cheek pieces .3 and are deflected laterally so as. to occupy positions beneath the adjacent portions'of the underface of the shoe, said cheek pieces being primarily spread apart to permit the same, it being evident that in locating the feet on the shoe, the tongues 6 are manipulated so as to be inserted through theopen- I ingsor passages in the floor plate or'shoe formed by turning up the metal thereof to produce said cheek pieces, see Figures 4: and 5,-while the tongues rest against the inner sides of said check piecesand the opposite portions of the under face of the floor plate or shoe. the cheek pieces clasping tightly the contiguous sides of the feet of the legs,

the result being most plainly shown in Fig ure 4. y

Openings 8 are formed in the shoe about the bases of the cheek pieces and openings 9 registering therewith are formed in the tongues, and through said openings arev passed the screws 10 which are also driven into the portions of the floor. beneath said tongues, whereby the legs are more tightly connected with the shoe and the latter is attached similarly to the floor.

-The body of the shoe is formed also with openings 11 to receive screws which are also driven into the floor below the same, thus rendering the shoe and consequently the desk immovable on the floor. If desired, the;

cheek pieces and tongues may be brazed or welded to the adjacent portions of the shoe, as additional connections therefor.

The plates of which the shoe is produced is concaved on its under face and its side terminals extend downwardly in which condition the edge portions of said terminals will rest freely on the floor, whereby when edge portions are tightened said edge porthe screws 10 which are removed from said tions may ride laterally on the floor and so yield as to conform to any inequalities of the latter so as to lie flat thereon and may be tightened close to the floor without requiring the floor to be made to fit the shoe, especially where the standards are of cast iron, the shoe also coming snug to dust crevices thereunder, and so closing the same.

The cheek pieces are flexible and somewhat bendible in their nature, whereby they will yield to feet of slightly greater width, and so close thereon forming tight joints of the contiguous parts.

It is evident that a shoe will be provided for each side standard of the desk, etc., I having shown but one side standard and one shoe in the drawing.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 2* 1. In a fastening shoe for a desk, seat, or chair, afloor plate having cheek pieces rising therefrom, the same being adapted to receive a portion of the foot of a side standard of the desk, etc., and engage the same, the plate being adapted to have another portion of the foot seated thereon.

2. In a desk, etc. having a standard with a plurality of feet thereon, a floor plate therefor consisting of a sheet of pliable metal having on its opposite ends means adapted to support said feet, said plate being adapted to extend from one foot to the other and being concave on its underside and having its side walls extending vertically resiliently downward from the top of the plate, whereby their lower edges are adapted to rest directly upon a floor, said sheet having openings for floor securing means in said top.

3. A fastening shoe for a desk, etc. formed of a floor plate having cheek pieces rising from the same forming a mortise which is adapted to receive the foot of a side standard of the desk, etc., and a tongue depending from said foot adapted to enter the shoe and be clamped by said cheek pieces and engage the inner face of the adjacent side portions of the shoe. I A

4. In a desk, etc., having a side standard, a floor plate for said standard consisting, of

a sheet of pliable metal concave on its nn-- of the inner face of said sheet, said sheet and tongue having there1n registering openings adapted to receive floor securing devices.

cupy a position'under the adjacent portion 5. In a desk, etc., a standard with a plu I rality of feet, a floor plate therefor consist ing of a sheet of pliable metalhaving on its opposite ends means adapted to support the said feet, said sheet being adapted to extend from one foot to the other, the underside of said sheet being concave, said sheet having therein openings to receive floor-securing devices, said floor plate being adapted to yield to conform to inequalities in the floor.

6. In a desk, etc., a floor plate formed of a. sheet of pliable metal having its oppoite ends adapted to support the standard of the desk, etc., thereon, said plate having a top wall and resilient depending side walls, the latter being adapted to yield outwardly on the floor due to inequalities on the latter and to lie snugly thereon, the means of securing the plate to the floor being in said Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,460,425, granted July 3, 1923, upon the application of Louis H. McKee, of Trenton, New Jersey, for an improve ment in Floor Fastenings for Desks, Seats, and Chairs, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, strike out present lines 8, 9, and 10 and insert instead the screws 10 which are removed from said edge portions are tightened said edge portions may ride laterally on the floor amt so; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of August, A; D., 1923.

[smn] KARL FENNING,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

